Rotary Trail set to finish with help from 2016 budget

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Recent work on the trail has moved it past the hospital, around the Alfred Jenkins Field House and down to Pine View Lodge. This year, the trail received a total of $180,000 – half coming from the federal government and the other half raised by the Rotary Trail Committee.

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According to Fischl, the 13-year-long project will be finished in the New Year. Work from Pine View Lodge to the Penitentiary on 20th Ave. W. is all that needs to be finished before the trail completely loops around the city.

“Thank god it didn’t snow until now because I don’t think we could have got it all done,” Fischl said.

Once completed, the Rotary Trail’s ten-foot wide asphalt pathway will run 23 kilometers (km) around the city including a three km extension out to Little Red River Park.

“Most people will understand how beautiful that trail is once it’s in,” Fischl said. “Until it actually gets in and they see the trail going down their place and how nice it is and how well it’s used, they sometimes have an apprehension of putting that trail through.”

The remaining portion of the trail will cost $300,000 to complete. The proposed budget illustrates that the city would contribute $100,000 while the Rotary Trail Committee would fundraise the remainder.

“What we’re asking for is additional budget for next year to complete the trail,” Fischl said. “It’s time that we finish it and I really look forward to the support of mayor and council to making this happen.”

Mobile Crisis

The Prince Albert Mobile Crisis Unit also presented to city council on Monday evening.

Earmarked in the proposed budget for Mobile Crisis is a $43,600 grant from the city.

This is the first year the city will assist in funding for Mobile Crisis as it has been funded through the police service’s budget in past years.

The emergency intervention and support service lost $100,000 in funding from the provincial government earlier this year.

“(It’s) a huge and massive blow to a community based organization,” Corey Lillis with Prince Albert Mobile Crisis said. “We have petitioned the government relentlessly for the return of the funding to no avail.”

The money that went towards a gambling addiction program was transformed into a call-in and text service based out of Regina.

With the permission of council, Mayor Greg Dionne said he intends to engage with the provincial government to restore the funding.

Council will officially begin their 2016 budget review next week on Thursday, Nov. 19 beginning at 4 p.m. and Friday, Nov.20 beginning at 8 a.m.

knguyen@jpbg.ca

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